University of Michigan Observatory / BL001692

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Record Details

Title: University of Michigan Observatory
Date: 1868/1902 (ca.)
Collection Title: University of Michigan Photographs Vertical File
Collection Creator: Bentley Historical Library (collector)
Folder / Container / Volume: UBImusD13. Folder: Campus Buildings. Observatory. 1954-Present (With west wing removed) no. 259
Notes: Richard Harrison Bull, architect. Building completed in the summer of 1854. Residence wing for the director added in 1868, expanded in 1905-1906, and finally removed to facilitate the enlargement of Couzens Hall in 1954. East wing, with a larger dome and a more powerful telescope, begun in 1908 and completed in 1909; torn down in 1976. Named "The Detroit Observatory of the University of Michigan" until 1931 when it was changed to "The Observatory of the University of Michigan." In 1999, the name was officially changed to "The University of Michigan Detroit Observatory." Known at various times as Detroit Observatory, Campus Observatory, Old Observatory.; Stereoscopic photograph showing the 1868 director's residence addition. James C. Watson (wearing top hat) is seen with a telescope on a tripod; his wife, Annette, is standing at the porch (Source: A Creation of His Own: Tappan's Detroit Observatory by Patricia S. Whitesell).; On verso: "Views at University of Michigan, Ann Arbor."
Subjects: Detroit Observatory (University of Michigan); University of Michigan--Buildings; Astronomical observatories--Michigan--Ann Arbor; Universities & colleges--Michigan--Ann Arbor
Genre: Stereographs;
Item Number: BL001692
Finding Aid: umich-bhl-92147
Source of Title: supplied
Scan Source: Stereograph
Repository: Bentley Historical Library
Date Added/Updated: 2013-11-22 00:53:24

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Collection: Bentley Historical Library: Bentley Image Bank
Image Size: 4800 x 2841
File Size: 1 MB
Record: BL001692
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/b/bhl/x-bl001692/bl001692

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In public portfolios: Detroit Observatory (87); Detroit Observatory photos (102)

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